<h1>International news briefing: earthquake rescue operations, political talks, high-profile travel, and contested investigations reported.</h1> Compilation of concise international news briefs reporting rescue operations after a major earthquake in Tibet and a related tremor in Qinghai, a Pakistani political party agreeing to further talks with the government, a Bangladeshi political figure's travel for medical treatment, and prominent statements and political developments involving the US President-elect and a congressional challenge to an administrative investigation.